The Poems of Robert Burns. With Twenty-five Illustrations in Colour from Pictures By Many of the Most Eminent Scottish Artists
by Burns, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London & Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1914. Volume Two only of "The Scottish Edition of the Songs & Poems of Robert Burns." This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus. Brown cloth binding, with black lettering on thew front cover and gilt on the spine. Twenty-five colour illustrations are tipped-in. Clean text; 653 pages, with a two-page publisher's advert for the "Literary Memoir Series." Includes the Poems, the Minor Poems, an Index to Titles and First Lines. Mild bumping, with some moderate shelf-soiling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002906
- Title
- The Poems of Robert Burns. With Twenty-five Illustrations in Colour from Pictures By Many of the Most Eminent Scottish Artists
- Author
- Burns, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- T.N. Foulis
- Place of Publication
- London & Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1914
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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